Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-10-07 | Page 3 | Crash Recalls other Mishaps

CRASH I RECALLS OTHER MISHAPS A bleak wintry day in February 1934 1931 was recalled in Salt Lake City Monday with the crash of a United Air Lines plane near Cheyenne killIng killIng killing kill- kill Ing 12 and the search for the missIng missIng missing miss- miss Ing Standard Oil company luxury air liner Not since February 23 of last year when a United Air Lines transport was reported overdue at Rock RockSprings RockSprings Springs Wyo from Salt Lake City has such a widespread search centered centered centered cen cen- here That search lasted three days beginning on Friday the and ending Sunday when the plane was found crashed near the summit of or Parleys Parley's canyon its nose dug in inthe inthe inthe the ground its fuselage cracked in two and eight persons mangled inside Pilots who joined that search and the one Sunday for the oil oile oil company company plane pIano since have joined their comp companions com corn p in the tho airmans airman's Valhalla where e such as Maurice Graham Graham Graham Gra Gra- ham Cl Clare re Vance Norm Potter Paul Andert and John now are flying a never-ending never hop H. H A A. A Collison was the last to go Sunday he flew a big Boeing out over the Great Salt lake time after time wheeling about looking for tor the oil il company plane Dusk ended his mercy errand Duty was next and Collison climbed into the seat of at another Boeing and with nine passengers aboard headed eastward on his regular regular regular reg reg- ular flight llight At a a. a m m. m Monday Collison his copilot and stewardess and th the passengers lay dead in the wreckage wreckage wreckage wreck wreck- age of the transport near Cheyenne In February 1934 Donald E. E Broughton another United Air AirLines AirLines AirLines Lines pilot went vent out over Parleys Parley's to look for the plane piano that was manned by two of his flying lying colleagues colleagues col col- col- col leagues Lloyd Anderson and Eric G. G Danielson On the Broughton and his copilot Creighton H. H Geer sighted the tha lost liner They circled the spot guiding land parties to a scene of horror where eight bodies were mashed on a bloody heap of seats scats Broughton went back to his job and for more than a year flew mail mailand mailand mailand and passengers between n Salt Lake City and San Francisco On July 16 he was In Salt Lake City off d duty ty He decided to make a test flight In a privately owned plane in which he was interested He took it ft up and over the field neld went into a spin He never came out of it it and the year old flier crashed on the west boundary of the airport He died on the way to toa toa toa a hospital and the flying legion that holds the stick far above the altitude mortal men reach had yet another member